My memories of Katrina 10 years ago

SheWrites wrote:

TEOTWAWKI wrote:

Vikingwoman wrote:

SheWrites wrote:You know, I'd ask permission to write his life story but I'd never give it justice.  He needs to write it.  Only Seaoat can bring the depth, the emotion, the epic drama of Seaoat.

In awe...

What a bitch you are? You probably never even came close in your "christian" life of ever doing anything like that.

now that wasn't nice....say you're sorry...

I'm sorry.  

Seaoat knows I pick on him and his stories.  

But I would never be so rude as to call names, Vikingwoman.  

As for helping another person, I feel it is to be done without placing an emphasis on being the helper.  Just do and don't set yourself up for what you've done to be noticed by everyone.

TEOTWAWKI wrote:

Vikingwoman wrote:

SheWrites wrote:You know, I'd ask permission to write his life story but I'd never give it justice.  He needs to write it.  Only Seaoat can bring the depth, the emotion, the epic drama of Seaoat.

In awe...

What a bitch you are? You probably never even came close in your "christian" life of ever doing anything like that.

now that wasn't nice....say you're sorry...

2seaoat wrote:As for helping another person, I feel it is to be done without placing an emphasis on being the helper. Just do and don't set yourself up for what you've done to be noticed by everyone.


Been on the front page of the paper many times for helping people.  Did not ask to be there, but chit happens.  Over 20 average folks gave five hundred bucks each(which was a lot of money for most) and one wealthy guy gave 5k, but the key is the network.  The friends and families who did not hesitate when I called and said mutual friends were in trouble.  I stood up at a meeting where they were going to shut down all co-curricular activities for high school kids in a budget deficit where a referendum failed.  I simply said we would make up the gap.  I was laughed at as I often am here when I say something positive.  We had to raise 500k in two months, but the kicker......I had one week to raise 50k or they would not even let the fundraiser attempt happen.   The teachers union snickered as they wanted the programs to be cut so kids would be hurt and the parents would vote for the referendum and they would get a raise.   The board wanted pretty much the same thing....two years of kids without Art, music, band, sports, and other club activities.....they snickered when I said I would have the 50k.  I went to every bank, developer, and business and they trusted me to do what I said I would do.  They had a fifty thousand dollar check one week later at the board meeting and a 500k check from our various fund raisers which included a draw down which raised over 450k.  A total of about 570k which was the largest private fund raiser for a public school in state history.  The best part....the next referendum passed because the community was filled with positive thoughts.

We each make decisions on the world we live.  We can watch racism and hate allow for treating Americans in NO as if they were some lower life form, or we can celebrate our differences and work to eliminate hate.  Each of us make decisions every day to cocoon and seek safety or become part of the community which seeks a better life for all.   Katrina was more than a hurricane.  It was part of the wake up call for America.  Hopefully, positive things 10 years later will not allow any American citizen to be thought of less.

So that is who I am She, you can take anyway you want, but good people are the only ones who can defeat evil.....thinking is not enough.....it takes action.

2seaoat wrote:As for helping another person, I feel it is to be done without placing an emphasis on being the helper. Just do and don't set yourself up for what you've done to be noticed by everyone.


Been on the front page of the paper many times for helping people.  Did not ask to be there, but chit happens.  Over 20 average folks gave five hundred bucks each(which was a lot of money for most) and one wealthy guy gave 5k, but the key is the network.  The friends and families who did not hesitate when I called and said mutual friends were in trouble.  I stood up at a meeting where they were going to shut down all co-curricular activities for high school kids in a budget deficit where a referendum failed.  I simply said we would make up the gap.  I was laughed at as I often am here when I say something positive.  We had to raise 500k in two months, but the kicker......I had one week to raise 50k or they would not even let the fundraiser attempt happen.   The teachers union snickered as they wanted the programs to be cut so kids would be hurt and the parents would vote for the referendum and they would get a raise.   The board wanted pretty much the same thing....two years of kids without Art, music, band, sports, and other club activities.....they snickered when I said I would have the 50k.  I went to every bank, developer, and business and they trusted me to do what I said I would do.  They had a fifty thousand dollar check one week later at the board meeting and a 500k check from our various fund raisers which included a draw down which raised over 450k.  A total of about 570k which was the largest private fund raiser for a public school in state history.  The best part....the next referendum passed because the community was filled with positive thoughts.

We each make decisions on the world we live.  We can watch racism and hate allow for treating Americans in NO as if they were some lower life form, or we can celebrate our differences and work to eliminate hate.  Each of us make decisions every day to cocoon and seek safety or become part of the community which seeks a better life for all.   Katrina was more than a hurricane.  It was part of the wake up call for America.  Hopefully, positive things 10 years later will not allow any American citizen to be thought of less.

So that is who I am She, you can take anyway you want, but good people are the only ones who can defeat evil.....thinking is not enough.....it takes action.

Vikingwoman wrote:

TEOTWAWKI wrote:

Vikingwoman wrote:

SheWrites wrote:You know, I'd ask permission to write his life story but I'd never give it justice.  He needs to write it.  Only Seaoat can bring the depth, the emotion, the epic drama of Seaoat.

In awe...

What a bitch you are? You probably never even came close in your "christian" life of ever doing anything like that.

now that wasn't nice....say you're sorry...

I didn't intend it to be nice just a she didn't intend it to be nice.

2seaoat wrote:I was going into day surgery on Monday to have my Gall Bladder removed(it was diseased but they never did any pathology on the disease.....it was the beginning of the end).   On Friday night I called friends in Biloxi and told them to get the hell out of town.   They said it would not hit them and they were thinking they would stick it out.  I argued with them that with two young children that they had NO right to gamble on Bob's certain scientific Hurricane landfall predictions.

Well when they finally got out the interstates were jammed.  They barely got clear of the path, and I had just completed building a new four bedroom 2,500 square foot home which had an occupancy permit.  I told the four of them to come over and use the house for a couple of weeks.  When they got to Navarre they would not let anybody south of interstate 10, again because of Bob's certain Hurricane predictions.  They proceeded south to Disney World and spent three days.  During this time, her father owned a major printing firm in Biloxi where he stayed near downtown with his printing plant.  The water came in quick and he spent the night on top of a machine which already was elevated.  He lost over four million dollars of flood damage which was not insured.  When he finally was able to leave the building and wade into the water, there were dead people in trees and in the water.  His employees began calling in after spending the night in trees having lost everything.

I am going into surgery when I get the call from the crying wife, they needed help.  I spent ten minutes in pre op making calls.  I raised 14k from friends who gave $500 apiece.  I had one friend who got twenty sleeping bags and twenty cots shipped to my new house which was not furnished.  When I got out of surgery still groggy I continued contacting friends and coordinating getting 20 plus refugees from biloxi into my house.  These people were traumatized and in shock, but by the end of the week they had made the house comfortable, had set up a command center for the business and the employees had a life boat.  I remember going over to the house and using the bathroom three months after they had left.....there were six unique colored bic razors which each woman had their razors.  The gravity of the situation sank in looking at those razors.   I later had to put in a new $2,500 septic pump because of the demand on the septic during those three months.

I learned how important it is to have friends.  While going into surgery we saved 24 people who were hopeless, scared, and with no safety net.  The father when he came over to Navarre had to spend a week in the hospital for a nervous breakdown....he was a strong man, but he had lost everything and he saw how his employees had lost everything.....it was a horrible time, but from this hell his company survived, grew, and prospered.  My friends got a beautiful new home, and the employees all rebuilt their lives.  America is a great country, and Americans have each others back.  The hugs my wife and I got were worth a million dollars and there is no better feeling than helping people in a crisis.  Biloxi is better than ever....and life goes on, but Bob....as usual he does not have a clue.....we have NOT gotten better on landfall predictions a week out....people died.  

SheWrites wrote:You know, I'd ask permission to write his life story but I'd never give it justice.  He needs to write it.  Only Seaoat can bring the depth, the emotion, the epic drama of Seaoat.

In awe...

SheWrites wrote:

Vikingwoman wrote:

TEOTWAWKI wrote:

Vikingwoman wrote:

SheWrites wrote:You know, I'd ask permission to write his life story but I'd never give it justice.  He needs to write it.  Only Seaoat can bring the depth, the emotion, the epic drama of Seaoat.

In awe...

What a bitch you are? You probably never even came close in your "christian" life of ever doing anything like that.

now that wasn't nice....say you're sorry...

I didn't intend it to be nice just a she didn't intend it to be nice.

I think Seaoat understands my friendly jabs.  We have bantered over his stories.  I have full respect for his abilities.  

If I appear to "not be nice" to Seaoat, I do apologize to him.  I think he is a big enough man to tell me himself if I'm a pain in the ass.  Being a pain is not my intent.   All in good fun.

No drama needed.  Peace be with you.

Vikingwoman wrote:

SheWrites wrote:

Vikingwoman wrote:

TEOTWAWKI wrote:

Vikingwoman wrote:

SheWrites wrote:You know, I'd ask permission to write his life story but I'd never give it justice.  He needs to write it.  Only Seaoat can bring the depth, the emotion, the epic drama of Seaoat.

In awe...

What a bitch you are? You probably never even came close in your "christian" life of ever doing anything like that.

now that wasn't nice....say you're sorry...

I didn't intend it to be nice just a she didn't intend it to be nice.

I think Seaoat understands my friendly jabs.  We have bantered over his stories.  I have full respect for his abilities.  

If I appear to "not be nice" to Seaoat, I do apologize to him.  I think he is a big enough man to tell me himself if I'm a pain in the ass.  Being a pain is not my intent.   All in good fun.

No drama needed.  Peace be with you.

Naw, you were being snarky and condescending. Some people think that is good fun but there is an underlying sentiment there. You should know if you post on a public board all is fair game. Oatie would never say it bothered him. That would be unmanly and weak.

Markle wrote:

SheWrites wrote:You know, I'd ask permission to write his life story but I'd never give it justice.  He needs to write it.  Only Seaoat can bring the depth, the emotion, the epic drama of Seaoat.

In awe...

I think Bill O'Reilly could do it justice!  After all he has written outstanding bestsellers on the Killing of Jesus, the Killing of Patton, the Killing of Lincoln and the Killing of Kennedy.

Without question, 2seaoat places himself among those other hero's.

TEOTWAWKI wrote:

Vikingwoman wrote:

SheWrites wrote:

Vikingwoman wrote:

TEOTWAWKI wrote:

Vikingwoman wrote:

SheWrites wrote:You know, I'd ask permission to write his life story but I'd never give it justice.  He needs to write it.  Only Seaoat can bring the depth, the emotion, the epic drama of Seaoat.

In awe...

What a bitch you are? You probably never even came close in your "christian" life of ever doing anything like that.

now that wasn't nice....say you're sorry...

I didn't intend it to be nice just a she didn't intend it to be nice.

I think Seaoat understands my friendly jabs.  We have bantered over his stories.  I have full respect for his abilities.  

If I appear to "not be nice" to Seaoat, I do apologize to him.  I think he is a big enough man to tell me himself if I'm a pain in the ass.  Being a pain is not my intent.   All in good fun.

No drama needed.  Peace be with you.

Naw, you were being snarky and condescending. Some people think that is good fun but there is an underlying sentiment there. You should know if you post on a public board all is fair game. Oatie would never say it bothered him. That would be unmanly and weak.

Thank you Dr. Dreams.....

Vikingwoman wrote:

TEOTWAWKI wrote:

Vikingwoman wrote:

SheWrites wrote:

Vikingwoman wrote:

TEOTWAWKI wrote:

Vikingwoman wrote:

SheWrites wrote:You know, I'd ask permission to write his life story but I'd never give it justice.  He needs to write it.  Only Seaoat can bring the depth, the emotion, the epic drama of Seaoat.

In awe...

What a bitch you are? You probably never even came close in your "christian" life of ever doing anything like that.

now that wasn't nice....say you're sorry...

I didn't intend it to be nice just a she didn't intend it to be nice.

I think Seaoat understands my friendly jabs.  We have bantered over his stories.  I have full respect for his abilities.  

If I appear to "not be nice" to Seaoat, I do apologize to him.  I think he is a big enough man to tell me himself if I'm a pain in the ass.  Being a pain is not my intent.   All in good fun.

No drama needed.  Peace be with you.

Naw, you were being snarky and condescending. Some people think that is good fun but there is an underlying sentiment there. You should know if you post on a public board all is fair game. Oatie would never say it bothered him. That would be unmanly and weak.

Thank you Dr. Dreams.....

Your welcome! I can spot a snark a hundred miles away.

SheWrites wrote:

2seaoat wrote:As for helping another person, I feel it is to be done without placing an emphasis on being the helper. Just do and don't set yourself up for what you've done to be noticed by everyone.


Been on the front page of the paper many times for helping people.  Did not ask to be there, but chit happens.  Over 20 average folks gave five hundred bucks each(which was a lot of money for most) and one wealthy guy gave 5k, but the key is the network.  The friends and families who did not hesitate when I called and said mutual friends were in trouble.  I stood up at a meeting where they were going to shut down all co-curricular activities for high school kids in a budget deficit where a referendum failed.  I simply said we would make up the gap.  I was laughed at as I often am here when I say something positive.  We had to raise 500k in two months, but the kicker......I had one week to raise 50k or they would not even let the fundraiser attempt happen.   The teachers union snickered as they wanted the programs to be cut so kids would be hurt and the parents would vote for the referendum and they would get a raise.   The board wanted pretty much the same thing....two years of kids without Art, music, band, sports, and other club activities.....they snickered when I said I would have the 50k.  I went to every bank, developer, and business and they trusted me to do what I said I would do.  They had a fifty thousand dollar check one week later at the board meeting and a 500k check from our various fund raisers which included a draw down which raised over 450k.  A total of about 570k which was the largest private fund raiser for a public school in state history.  The best part....the next referendum passed because the community was filled with positive thoughts.

We each make decisions on the world we live.  We can watch racism and hate allow for treating Americans in NO as if they were some lower life form, or we can celebrate our differences and work to eliminate hate.  Each of us make decisions every day to cocoon and seek safety or become part of the community which seeks a better life for all.   Katrina was more than a hurricane.  It was part of the wake up call for America.  Hopefully, positive things 10 years later will not allow any American citizen to be thought of less.

So that is who I am She, you can take anyway you want, but good people are the only ones who can defeat evil.....thinking is not enough.....it takes action.

You will leave memories of kindness for your family to share with generations to come.  

Markle wrote:

SheWrites wrote:

2seaoat wrote:As for helping another person, I feel it is to be done without placing an emphasis on being the helper. Just do and don't set yourself up for what you've done to be noticed by everyone.


Been on the front page of the paper many times for helping people.  Did not ask to be there, but chit happens.  Over 20 average folks gave five hundred bucks each(which was a lot of money for most) and one wealthy guy gave 5k, but the key is the network.  The friends and families who did not hesitate when I called and said mutual friends were in trouble.  I stood up at a meeting where they were going to shut down all co-curricular activities for high school kids in a budget deficit where a referendum failed.  I simply said we would make up the gap.  I was laughed at as I often am here when I say something positive.  We had to raise 500k in two months, but the kicker......I had one week to raise 50k or they would not even let the fundraiser attempt happen.   The teachers union snickered as they wanted the programs to be cut so kids would be hurt and the parents would vote for the referendum and they would get a raise.   The board wanted pretty much the same thing....two years of kids without Art, music, band, sports, and other club activities.....they snickered when I said I would have the 50k.  I went to every bank, developer, and business and they trusted me to do what I said I would do.  They had a fifty thousand dollar check one week later at the board meeting and a 500k check from our various fund raisers which included a draw down which raised over 450k.  A total of about 570k which was the largest private fund raiser for a public school in state history.  The best part....the next referendum passed because the community was filled with positive thoughts.

We each make decisions on the world we live.  We can watch racism and hate allow for treating Americans in NO as if they were some lower life form, or we can celebrate our differences and work to eliminate hate.  Each of us make decisions every day to cocoon and seek safety or become part of the community which seeks a better life for all.   Katrina was more than a hurricane.  It was part of the wake up call for America.  Hopefully, positive things 10 years later will not allow any American citizen to be thought of less.

So that is who I am She, you can take anyway you want, but good people are the only ones who can defeat evil.....thinking is not enough.....it takes action.

You will leave memories of kindness for your family to share with generations to come.  

I see statues in the future for 2seaoat!

2seaoat wrote:Without question, 2seaoat places himself among those other hero's.


Just like not knowing what a managing broker was.....or what inflation actually is you are consistently wrong......I just know what a managing broker is, understand what inflation is, and fully understand what a hero is......I just get things done.....nothing heroic about common decency, a concept based on your posts you have also long forgotten, if you ever even understood that concept.

2seaoat wrote:Still, no such thing as a "managing broker" in Florida. This is where I live, this is where I teach real estate law. I understand your desperation at being proven wrong so many times.

ANYONE who unabashedly boasts that they are hero's are always, anything but.


Those that can do, and those that can't teach....I am sorry for your students, you actually did not even know what a managing broker was.   Go ahead and try to frame your ignorance in the best light, but an honest answer would have been......well I am limited in my real estate knowledge and did not know that there was a managing broker.....nope.....you did not even understand the concept so what exactly did you teach those part timer soccer moms.......as to heroes........nope.....just a good citizen who believes there is good and evil.....if good people do not act.....well evil wins.   You get paid to propagandize evil.....am I a hero for identifying your evil intent, or just a descent American citizen stepping up to the plate to hit your evil softballs out of the park......we all have choices.....I choose to be the good guy....you consistently like being paid to be the bad guy.....nothing heroic taking down a bad guy.....it was more fun when you were hitting on all cylinders....now I feel like a bully.